Abraham Lincoln outlawed business with the Confederate States during the Civil War.
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A total of 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gathered at the Chaplin Museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
An earthquake destroyed the city of San Salvador.
Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
The last major battle of WWII took place.
The Holy Roman Empire appointed a new supreme military commander, Albrecht von Wallenstein.
